5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LATKE

LATKE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːt.ki//ˈlɑːt.kə/

Noun

A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.

“Her favorite Chanukah memories were of eating latkes and sour cream while her mother gossiped with the aunts and cousins.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How LATKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LATKE as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,038 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__K_ L in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

IRONY SENOR SHOUT SIREN ACORN SOULY
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LATKE performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,038 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LATKE ranks #5,038 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
16
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
36%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
199
163
161
132
119
96
86
81
70
61
56
52
37
36
35
34
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LATKE:

12% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
8% chance
Suggested:
SENOR
7% chance
Suggested:
SHOUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

11.8% →
IRONY 5.51 bits
8.4% →
SENOR 5.01 bits
6.9% →
SHOUT 5.41 bits
6.8% →
SIREN 4.70 bits
5.6% →
ACORN 4.94 bits
5.0% →
SOULY 4.62 bits
4.1% →
RANDY 4.05 bits
3.6% →
RESET 4.74 bits
3.4% →
FLAIL 4.08 bits
3.0% →
REBEL 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for LATKE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

L1A1T1K5E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.